diff --git a/projects/market/src/app/app.component.html b/projects/market/src/app/app.component.html
index 1b563c3..6504fed 100644
--- a/projects/market/src/app/app.component.html
+++ b/projects/market/src/app/app.component.html
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-<globalnav-sidenav [environment]="environment">
+<globalnav-sidenav
+    [mycroftUrls]="environment.mycroftUrls"
+    [userName]="userName"
+>
     <!--
         Inject the marketplace app into the <mat-sidenav-content> component
         of the global navigation menu library.
diff --git a/projects/market/src/app/app.component.ts b/projects/market/src/app/app.component.ts
index 5bf399b..12a1a5e 100644
--- a/projects/market/src/app/app.component.ts
+++ b/projects/market/src/app/app.component.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
 
+import { AppService } from './app.service';
 import { environment } from '../environments/environment';
 
 @Component({
@@ -9,10 +10,22 @@ import { environment } from '../environments/environment';
 })
 export class AppComponent implements OnInit {
     public environment = environment;
+    public userName = '';
 
-    constructor() {
+    constructor(private service: AppService) {
     }
 
     ngOnInit() {
+        this.service.setLoginStatus();
+        this.getUser();
+    }
+
+    getUser() {
+        if (this.service.isLoggedIn) {
+            this.service.getUser().subscribe(
+                (user) => { this.userName = user.name; }
+            );
+        }
+
     }
 }
diff --git a/projects/market/src/app/app.module.ts b/projects/market/src/app/app.module.ts
index c1283f3..3b3f8e9 100644
--- a/projects/market/src/app/app.module.ts
+++ b/projects/market/src/app/app.module.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
 
 import { AppRoutingModule } from './app-routing.module';
 import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
+import { AppService } from './app.service';
 import { GlobalnavModule } from 'globalnav';
 import { MaterialModule } from './shared/material.module';
 import { SkillsModule } from './skills/skills.module';
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ import { PageNotFoundComponent } from './page-not-found/page-not-found.component
             SkillsModule,
             AppRoutingModule
         ],
-        providers: [ ],
+        providers: [ AppService ],
         bootstrap: [ AppComponent ]
     }
 )
diff --git a/projects/market/src/app/app.service.ts b/projects/market/src/app/app.service.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ba55707
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/market/src/app/app.service.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import { HttpClient } from '@angular/common/http';
+import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
+
+import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
+
+const userUrl = '/api/user';
+
+@Injectable({
+  providedIn: 'root'
+})
+export class AppService {
+    public isLoggedIn: boolean;
+
+    constructor(private http: HttpClient) {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * API call to retrieve user info to display.
+     */
+    getUser(): Observable<any> {
+        return this.http.get<any>(userUrl);
+    }
+
+    setLoginStatus(): void {
+        const cookies = document.cookie;
+        const seleneTokenExists = cookies.includes('seleneToken');
+        const seleneTokenEmpty = cookies.includes('seleneToken=""');
+        this.isLoggedIn = seleneTokenExists && !seleneTokenEmpty;
+    }
+}